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Friends say late World War II vet "Red" Falvey was "kind, humble"

(Carlisle) -- A decorated World War II veteran who made a tandem jump in Cumberland County last year to mark his birthday has died at the age of 91.

Richard "Red" Falvey was a member of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne when he jumped in Normandy on D-Day in 1944. He would later earn the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for his efforts in the war, but his friends say he managed to stay humble and kind.

Last year, Falvey reflected on his passion for skydiving, which he discovered when he was young.

"My brothers used to take me to a little air strip up in Carmel, New York, and at the end of the day, the barnstormers would give you a ride for $3 or $5 if you had it," he says. "At the end of the day, someone would jump from an aeroplane, and that's when the light was lit in me. Someday, I'm going to do it."

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